Remote Monitoring of Rehabilitation of Patients of Traumatology and Orthopedic Profile

Abstract

Increasing number of locomotor apparatus injuries and diseases causes a high requirement for treatment and following rehabilitation one component of which is exercise therapy (ET). At present, a large number of patients need ET, properly selected exercises taking into account individual characteristics. It is quite easy to check correctness of such exercise performance in in-patient and out-patient clinics. However, in cases when the patient is not under the direct supervision of a doctor, control of the regularity and accuracy of performed exercises becomes impossible. Purpose of the present paper is to develop the smartphone application for patients with knee-joint pathology that allows monitoring of the patient of traumatology and orthopedics profile in the out-patient clinic on the basis of three-axes smartphone accelerometer and software.